The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-25
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary OF the Daily News
CONGRESSIONAL

partments for Information were offered. The
Senate took up Senator Cameron's bill to in.
crease the naval establishment. At she expira
ton OF the morning hour the bill vas laid aside
and the Eads Tehuantepec bill takea up and de
bate confined until executive session. -. The
House got into somewhat OF taayle upon in
terpreting the rules, . solution of which the
Speaker took under consideration. Mr.. LawleI
offered O resolution calling upon the Secretary
OF State for q construction Of the treaty Of 1914
with Great Britain as to the right Of the United
States to maintain navy ca the lakes. Among
the bills introduced was enc by Mr.. Little, Of
Ohio, for the election OF Senators by the people.
District of Columbia matters were then consid
cred until adjournment.
In the Senate on the 18th the House
amendments to the Trade Dollar bill were non
concurred in. The House bill dividing Missouri
into two judicial districts and dividing the dis
tricts into divisions was reported by Senator
Vest, with amendments, and passed. The bill
60 increase the naval establishment was then
taken up and debated until two o'clock when
the Eads Tehuantepec bill came up as unfinished
business and was considered until adjournment.
AFTER dsposing of the business on the
Speakers table in the House the resolution
dischargng the Committee Of the Whole from
further consideration of the Senate bill grant
ing pension to Mrs. Logan and making the
bill an immediate special order came up.
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the adjournment. Under the decision Of The
Speaker the matter went to the Committee on
Rules. After committees reported the House
further considered the Consular and Diplomatic
Appropriation bill, but adjourned before reach
ing fZsl action,
IN the Senate OF the 10th the credentials
CT David s. Turpie as Senator from Indiana
were presented and on motion of Mr.. Hoar re-
ferred to the Committee on Privileges and
Elections. Consideration Of the bill to increase
the navy was then resumed and after several
amendments the bill passed. The bill for an
increase Of the naval establishment was then
further debated but no action reached. Mr..
Blair then offered resolutions upon the death
OF the late Senator Pike, eulogies were deliv-
cred and the Senate adjourned. The House
on assembling insisted upon its amend
ments to the Senate Trade Dollar bill
and agreed to the conference requested by
the Senate. Mr.. Belmont. from the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, reported back the
Senate Retaliatory bill with the committees
substitute. Mr.. Cobb. from the Conference
Committee on the Northern Pacific Forfeiture
bill reported a disagreement He said that the
Senate bill proposed the forfeiture Of but j, 500
600 OF mountainous land west OF the Cascade
mountains. while the House measure worked
the forfeiture Of all the lands west Of Bismarck
amounting to 3.000OOO acres. The IMPORT was
agreed to and new committee appointed. At
two O'Clock, in pursuance Of previous order,
public business was discontinued. and Mr.
Thomas, OF Illinois, called up the Senate reso
lutions expressive Of respect to the memory of
the late John A. Logan. Addresses were deliv
cred and the House adjourned.
AFTER disposing of routine business the
Senate on the 18th resumed consideration of
Mr.. Hales bill to provide for the increase OF the
naval establishment. The bill finally passed.
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boats for coast defenses, and appropriates sl5,-
10000 After passing several minor bills the Sen
ate took up for further consideration the Eads
Tehuantepec bill, which was amended and final
ly passed. Mr.. Vest submitted the conference
report upon the bill dividing the State Of Mis-
souri, into two judicial districts, which was
agreed to. Adjourned. The House by
s3 yeas to 160 nays refused to pass
the bill appropriating $1,000 TO purchase
seed for the drouth- stricken portions of Texas
over the Presidents veto. The conference re-
port upon the AE1-Norm0n bill was, after some
debate agreed to. After some parliamentary
sparring the House went into Committee OF the
Whole upon the Consular and Diplomatic bill
II was amended, reported to the House and
passed. The conference report on the Sundry
Civil bill was then received. pending considera-
ton of which the House adjourned
AFTER the disposition of routine business
in the Senate on the 18th the conference report
or the Utah Polygamy bill was presented in the
shape of a substitute for both Senate and House
bills and after long debate the report was
agreed TO by a vote of &c to 13 The bill now
goes to the President. The Senate then took
up the River and Harbor bill, and pending con-
sideration adjourned. In the House a lively
tilt took place between Mr.. Ranney
OF Massachusetts, and Mr.. Tarseney, of
Michigan upon the conference report in
the bill for holding terms of court
at Bay City. Mich, but the report was agreed
to. The Senate amendments to the Invalid
Pension bill were non-concurred in. After sus-
tanning the veto upon private pension bill the
House went into Committee of the Whole for
the further consideration Of the Senate amend
ments TO the Sundry Civil bill and disposed of
15G of the go amendments. when the commit
tee rose and the House took a recess until even
ing when it passed twenty-three pension bills.